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Dialectic : adj : of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical
method" [syn: dialectical]
(noun)
1: any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by
the exchange of logical arguments
2: a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining
factor in their interaction; "this situation created the
inner dialectic of American history"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dialectic : \Di`a*lec"tic\, n.
Same as Dialectics.
Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences.
--Liddell &
Scott.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dialectic : \Di`a*lec"tic\, Dialectical \Di`a*lec"tic*al\, a. [L.
dialecticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. dialectique. See Dialect.]
1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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